Fiat 500 - Archive footage

Press Release

Above: Archive video and adverts of the Fiat 500 in the 50's. Exactly 50 years after first launching the Nuova Fiat 500, Fiat will unveil the new Fiat 500 on July 4, 2007. When it was first introduced in 1957, the car could only accommodate two people, but could carry 70 kg of luggage (very important at the time). Today's version, developed by the Fiat Style Centre, is a compact 3-door model, measuring 355 cm long, 165 cm wide, 149 cm tall, with a 230 cm wheelbase. The car is powered by a choice of three engines: a 75 bhp 1.3 16v Multijet turbodiesel unit and two petrol engines, the 69 bhp 1.2 8v and the 100 bhp 1.4 16v, all of which are available with five or six speed mechanical gearboxes.